Awards

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression President Chris Finan will be honored at the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Annual Celebration of Free Speech & Its Defenders on November 12 in New York City.

The Women’s National Book Association is seeking nominations of general and children’s specialty stores for its 2013 WNBA Pannell Awards.

Mantel wins Man Booker Prize; Riskey named CBA president; Depp gets imprint at HarperCollins; BA plans website of inspired recommendations

On Thursday, October 11, the Swedish Academy announced Chinese author Mo Yan as this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Bestselling author James Patterson’s third annual essay contest for college-bound high school seniors has awarded 235 gift certificates ranging from $250 to $1,000 for use at IndieBound-affiliated bookstores.

The 20 finalists for the National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature were announced on Wednesday morning, October 10, on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Online retailers begin collecting sales tax in Georgia; Publishers and Google reach settlement in copyright case; Hachette restructures sales force; NRF and Shop.org forecast solid holiday sales growth; Calvin Trillin wins Thurber Prize

House and Senate work on compromise e-fairness legislation; NRF to go to court to block swipe fee lawsuit settlement; MIBA names interim president; Kobo inks deal with U.K. booksellers association; Hachette to host Reading Group Day in NYC; Entertainment moguls enter world of book publishing; Business book finalists announced

Rowling interview by Patchett to be webcast; Center for Fiction announces Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize shortlist; The MIBA, NAIBA, and Before Columbus award winners; 10 fall flicks based on books

Study confirms loss of bookstores negatively impacts e-book growth; Bowker finds recreational travelers prefer print guidebooks; Tor/Forge e-books now all DRM-free; The Man Booker Prize longlist